Scott Anderson from Valley View Farms answers plant and gardening questions about how to re-pot an old African violet, what could be causing houseplants to get brown tips and margins, and if it's possible to start a vegetable garden inside, then move it outside.

THURSDAY WITH SNOW AND WE COULD PICK UP A COUPLE OF INCHES. SCOTT ANDERSON FROM VALLEYVIEW HERE TO ANSWER YOUR PLANT AND GARDEN QUESTIONS. YOU BROUGHT SOME SHAMROCKS. WE ARE TWO WEEKS OUT FROM SAINT PATTY'S DAY. I BROUGHT SOME GREEN AND PURPLE SHAMROCKS. WE HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS FOR YOU. THIS FIRST ONE IS ABOUT OLD AFRICAN VIOLETS THAT NEED TO BE REPOTTED. AFRICAN VIOLENCE -- AFRICAN VIOLETS, YOU CAN REPOT. TAKE IT OUT, SHAKE THE SOIL OFF. MAKE SURE THE ROOTS ARE NOT STRAGGLING EACH OTHER. GET YOURSELF SOME AFRICAN VIOLET SOIL, WHICH WE HAVE. PUT IT IN THE SAME POT IF YOU TRIM BACK THE ROOTS. IF YOU HAVE TO PUT IT IN A BIGGER POT, DO NOT GO ANY MORE THAN A COUPLE OF INCHES. MANY OF MY HOUSEPLANTS HAVE BROWN TIPS AND MARGINS. WHAT IS HAPPENING? I'M NOT 100% SURE, BUT IF I WERE TO GUESS, I WOULD SAY THEY ARE TOO CLOSE TO A WINDOW. PUT YOUR HANDS AROUND THE SOUL OF THE WINDOW TO SEE IF YOU'RE GETTING A DRAFT. Q DID BE AN ISSUE OF WATERING, TOO? YES. I WOULD LIKE TO START A VEGETABLE GARDEN. CAN I STARTED INSIDE AND MOVE IT OUTSIDE? THAT IS A HUGE PART OF OUR SALES GOING ON RIGHT NOW. OUR SEED SALES HAVE JUMPED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. ANY VEGETABLES IN PARTICULAR TO START WITH? PEOPLE ARE ALREADY SETTING TOMATO PLANTS. THEY WILL BE READY FOR TRANSPLANT AROUND MOTHER'S DAY.

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A bizarre situation is unfolding in Baltimore in which people are paying rent to a landlord who claims he's helping fill the need for affordable housing, but there are serious questions about the living conditions inside, as well as who actually owns the homes. The I-Team's Barry Simms reports.

A BIZARRE SITUATION UNFOLDING IN BALTIMORE. PEOPLE PAYING RENT TO A LAND RECORD CLAIMING HE IS HELPING THE NEED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. NOW QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LIVING CONDITIONS IN THE HOMES AND WHO OWNS THE HOMES. BARRY SIMMS INVESTIGATES. THE SIGN IN THE WINDOW SAYS ROOMS FOR RENT, FURNISHED, OUT TILTS INCLUDED. -- UTILITIES INCLUDED. TENANTS LIVING IN THE HOUSE DIDN'T GET THE NEWLY REMODELED SPACE THEY SAY THEY WERE PROMISE. WE TRY SLEEP UPSTAIRS AND TURN THE LIGHT ON AND THE FREAKIN' CEILING COMES DOWN. RESIDENTS WERE STUNNED WHEN CITY INSPECTORS CAME BY AND DECLARED THE PLACE UNFIT AND DANGEROUS. THE I-TEAM CAMERA WAS ROLLING WHEN TENANTS WERE FORCED OUT. LIVE STRIKE FOR ONE DAY. I SCREWED UP AND I HAVE -- I'M RECOVERING ADDICT AND I PUT MYSELF HERE. ANOTHER GRAINING TENANT LIVES HER WITH HER 3-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER. SHE CONFRONTED THE LANDLORD LARRY RAFERTY. WE GOT KIDS! THINK ABOUT IT! CITY HOUSING INSPECTORS ACCUSE RAFFERTY OF RUNNING AN ILLEGAL ROOMING HOUSE. YOU CAN'T DO THIS. WE ARE VACATING. WHERE ARE WE SUPPOSED TO GO? HE WOULD DO MINOR PATCH AND PAINT TYPE REPAIRS TO THE PROPERTY AND THEN GO FIND TENANTS AND MOVE THEM? THE PERMIT WAS ISSUED IN ERROR THE CITY SAYS AND PLACE IS UNINHABITABLE. THE HOME WAS SHUT DOWN. IT ISN'T THE ONLY PROPERTY WHERE RAFFERTY RENTED HOMES. WORKERS BOARD UP SEVEN OTHER PROPERTIES CLAIMING ALL WERE SUPPOSED TO BE VACANT INCLUDING A HOUSE NEIGHBORS TOLD THE I-TEAM ABOUT ON NORTH PATERSON PARK AVENUE. HE DENIES HAVING ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT BOROUGHS DEVELOP SAYS HE RENTED A ROOM HERE FROM RAFFERTY WHO GAVE HIM A WARNING. THE BATHROOM UPSTAIRS THAT IS THE ROOM HE TOLD US TO AVOID. HE SAID DO NOT GO IN THAT ROOM. BUT HE DID. WHAT I SAW WAS MESSED UP. THE ROOF WAS CAVING IN. TWO TOTES FULL OF WATER. BUT THE RUN DOWN HOUSES AREN'T THE ONLY PROBLEM. STATE RECORDS SHOW HE IS AFFILIATED WITH A COMPANY THAT DOES OWN TWO OF THE HOUSES. AS FOR SOME OF THE OTHERS, WELL, THERE IS AN INTERESTING TWIST. ACTUALLY, THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTIES WERE DECEASED AND WE CAN'T CONNECT HIM TO THE PROPERTIES LEGAL FLY ANYWAY. WHAT DO YOU SAY ABOUT THE CITY'S ALLEGATION THAT YOU ARE BASICALLY GOING AROUND AND FINDING HOMES AND OWNERS ARE DECEASED AND YOU ARE KIND OF TAKING OVER THE PROPERTIES? I GOT THEM THROUGH THE TAX SALES. ALL WERE TAX SALE PROPERTIES AND IT WAS HAPPENED TO BE LIKE FIVE OR SIX OF THEM WAS DECEASED AND THAT IS WHAT WAS TAKING A LONG TIME, TOO, TO TRY TO CLOSE ON THEM. HE DECLINED TO SHOW US DOCUMENTS BACKING THAT UP. HE FINDS TENANTS OUTSIDE AN EAST BALTIMORE CLINIC ON SOCIAL MEDIA. HE RENTS ROOMS FOR ABOUT $450 TO $500 A MONTH. THE CITY THINKS HE IS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF VULNERABLE PEOPLE. HE DISAGREES. A LOT OF PLACES WON'T ALLOW THEM. AND YET ANOTHER TWIST. WHO OWNS THE HOME WHERE RAFFERTY LIVES? WHO OWNS IT NOW? THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE. I OWN THIS PROPERTY. I THEN PROPERTY SQUARE OUT. SORTING OUT THE ISSUES IS EXPECTED TO HAPPEN IN CIVIL COURT. BUT FOR NOW, THE CITY IS MAKE SURE THE PROPERTY IS BOARD UP REMAINS VACANT. FOR THE 11 NEWS I-TEAM, I'M BARRY SIMMS. BARRY TELLS HE HAS A COURT HEARING TOMORROW CHARGED WITH FAILING TO GET A BUILDING PERMIT FOR ONE OF THE PROPERTIES CITY HOUSING SHUT DOWN AND WITH NOT HAVING A LICENSE TO OPERATE

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TAKE TONIGHT HOSPITAL SUFFERING FROM NON-LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES. A TEAM OF SERIAL BANK ROBBERS CALLED THE BLACK HAT BANDITS STRUCK AGAIN TODAY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA. EIGHT ARMED ROBBERIES NOW MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA IN THE PAST EIGHTWEEKS. KAI REED WITH THE LATEST. THE F.B.I. IS LOOKING FOR HELP FROM WITNESSES TO HELP FIND THESE SUSPECTS AND THEY KNOW THEY NEED TO MOVE FAST. THE ROBBERS SEEM TO BE GETTING MORE AGGRESSIVE AND VIOLENT. IT IS NOT A TYPICAL BANK ROBBERY. THEY REALLY MEAN BUSINESS AND THEY ARE AFTER THE MONEY AND THEY DON'T REALLY CARE THAT THEY ARE PUTTING A GUN TO SOMEONE'S HEAD. THE BLACK HAT BANDITS ROBBING THE THANK ARNOLD ON JANUARY 30. TWO GUYS CONFRONTING A TELLER WITH THE GUNS OUT AND LATER TAKE OFF WITH A BAG OF CASH. THE HIT IS ONE OF EIGHT SINCE JANUARY 2 INCLUDING TWO IN MARYLAND AND SIX IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA. THE LATEST WAS MONDAY AT THE WELLS FARGO BANK IN FALLS CHURCH VIRGINIA. THEY ORDERED EVERYONE TO THE GROUND AND GOT IN AND OUT IN LESS THAN MINUTE. THEY ESCALATED THE VIOLENCE. THEY HOP THE COUNTER AND PUT GUN TO A FEMALE CUSTOMER'S HEAD. WE ARE CONCERN THEY ARE GETTING MORE AGGRESSIVE AND THEY WILL HURT SOMEONE SOON. THE BLACK HAT BANDITS WEAR BLACK HATS, FAKE BEARDS, SUNGLASSES AND BLACK SKI MASKS. THEY ARE LOOKING FOR THREE PEOPLE. TWO SUSPECTS WHO TAKE OVER THE BANK AND A GETAWAY DRIVE. I DOUBT THEY ARE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD IN THE BEARD AND MASK AND HAT IT WILL LOOK A LITTLE OBVIOUS. PROBABLY SOME WHERE NEAR THE BANK PUT THE MASKS ON. WE NEED PEOPLE TO KEEP AN EYE OUT AND BE GOOD WITNESS. INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING AT FOOTPRINTS LEFT IN THE SNOW OUTSIDE OF THE BANK ON MONDAY. THEY WANT PEOPLE TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE SUSPECTS MANNERISMS IN THE VIDEO. THERE IS A $30,000 REWARD FOR TIPS THAT LEAD TO A CONVICTION. A WITNESS CALLED POLICE AND SAID THEY SAW TWO MEN IN MASKS GO INTO THE BANK. POLICE ARE ASKING FOR PEOPLE TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE LICENSE PLATE NUMBER OR MAKE AND MODEL OF THE GETAWAY CAR. THEY ARE DESCRIBED TO BE IN THEIR